ONE-OFF WARES

It feels like we’re only ever a few Instagram squares away from curvaceous coffee tables, rattan TV stations and terrazzo tops custom-made by UAE furniture businesses. Custom No.9 Founder, Amy Durnford, allows clients “to create their own story” with pieces adapted to perfectly fit a space or specific aesthetic. Customisation in the UAE used to mean intimidating price points, but that’s all changed with the rise of bespoke furniture businesses such as Custom No.9 and Home Figures that enables design purists to shave inches of a table length to

fit a space or swap the legs off a coffee table.